Investors seeking energy exposure should look at the equity-based First Trust ISE Revere Natural Gas Index Fund (NYSEArca: FCG) as an alternative to the ever-popular United States Natural Gas Fund (NYSEArca: UNG), according to The Street.

FCG boasts higher stability, losing only 5 percent year-to-date. UNG, on the other hand, has tumbled by 40 percent in 2011 alone.

FCG comprises 31 companies, including gas-dominant names like Southwestern Energy (NYSE: SWN) and integrated energy companies like Exxon Mobil (NYSE: XOM) and ConocoPhillips (NYSE: COP).

The benefit of the latter is, in addition to providing a boost to production, XOM and COP consolidate the industry by buying up smaller names.

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